Hardware

Garmin-Asus announces nüvifone M20

Garmin-Asus unveiled a second mobile phone in its nüvifone product line. The Garmin-Asus nüvifone M20 is an all-in-one phone, mobile web-browser and premium navigation system with a Windows Mobile operating system. As the first Garmin-Asus nüvifone powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional with enterprise email, the sleek and colorful nüvifone M20 is designed for on-the-go professionals who want a fashionable […]

Garmin-Asus reveal nüvifone G60 specifications

Just days before the start of the Mobile World Congress, Garmin-Asus has released the final specifications of the upcoming nüvifone G60. The nüvifone G60 was developed with an LBS-centric design philosophy. Location information is added to everyday applications including email, SMS, photo sharing, social networking and more in order to enhance applications and share location information with others. The G60 […]

Nokia E75 revealed

Expansys has revealed the upcoming Nokia E75 ahead of any announcement by the Finnish company. This is not the first time that Expansys has outed a device before its manufacturer has announced it (like the HTC Iolite in early January). The Nokia E75 is powered by the Series 60 operating system (with dual Home screens). It comes with quad-band (850/900/1800/1900MHz) […]

Garmin and ASUSteK announce mobile phone partnership

Garmin and ASUSTeK announced today a new partnership that will see the two companies offer co-branded location-centric mobile phones. As part of the announcement, the two companies promised to offer several Garmin-Asus nüvifone models in 2009, including a new model to be announced at the Mobile World Congress. LBS functionality is core to the Garmin-Asus nüvifone series, which will offer […]

New but old Acer smartphone revealed

We know that Acer is planning to unveil at least one smartphone on February 16th. One of these has been revealed a bit early. Unfortunately, the Acer DX900 appears to be no more than a rebadged E-TEN Glofiish DX900, a dual-SIM smartphone first unveiled last June. Acer purchased E-TEN last March. The Acer DX900 is powered by a 533MHz Samsung […]

LG Canada recalls LG 150 mobile phone

LG Canada is voluntarily recalling some 45,000 LG 150 mobile phones after it was decertified by Industry Canada. The LG 150 failed a radio frequency exposure test performed recently. Specifically, it failed the Radio Standards Specifications 102 (RSS 102), Radio Frequency Exposure Compliance of Radiocommunication Apparatus. Fortunately, Health Canada has determined that the past and current use of the LG […]